Apparatus for ornamenting paper or the like



J APPARATUS FOR ORNAMENTING PAPER OR THE LIKE V I Filed April 16, 1936 Ii INVENTCR. 7 BY mam m p'w ATTORNEY.

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of Massachusetts .f1saafs iiai T inve tion elates to'improvementsi-inparatus f rj;ornamenting *material I insheet and webI form such aspaperpor the like. Q The-principal: objects of his invent rectedfltoftheprovision o novel apparatus for ornamenting or fflnishing'; paper or the:like in eb or: sheet 3 form. This is accomplished by "the proyision cofaa more or less yieldable body having a urface formed to provideapattern witn which s desiredyto ornament or finishw-thje sheet ormanufacture itis desired tollpro MasaiQassignor to Y WestgSpringfield, I1

Various, other novel features 1 and advantages ,Fig. 11s a diagrammaticsectional elevational view of i one 'form of apparatus to explain theinovelyfeatures of the invention;

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nvention fabricis associated withythe afored body whi hnis more or,less'resilient in jsuch a way that the fabric becomes th'elsurface of'the a elatively 1 rigid member such ll, andthe imprinting surface be finthe orm of a fabric or the' liketis w faceof the body. Then n the n webor sheet form is con-f :1 member and is orna-' ing to v mprinting ofengravedbr specially prepared plates or rolls 3 but these are extremelyexpensive and for each differentpattern itis necessary to have a"separate roll or plate. According to this invention 1 4 the body iscarried by a rigid member such as a plate rv roll and maybe removedtherefrom so that arollmay have'a multiplicity of designappiyingsurfaces. applied thereto at small ex- As an addedfeaturefI have foundthat where fabric is used for what may be called the print-' ing orflnishingfaceQthere may be many varied and beautiful effects, and theelements of the 55 fabric; being of fibrousmaterials, readily absorb vthe limit-4 ofFig 3. apted for use a-printing member l According to theinventionI provide a Fig. 3 is fragmentary, plan view "of "an imprintingor finishingmemberbf theinventioriy d p p p a Fig.4 is aicross sectionalelevationalyiew on Referring now to the drawing'more i the inventionwill befullydescribed.

which is preferably formed'of some plasticmaterial," such as rubber or arubberf composition.

This may be vulcanized toanydesireddegree and lretain someg ofitsyieldability or resiliency l 'I'hisFbody 2 has on its face animprinting or finishin -rnember 'indicated generally by I and n y a a pwhich maytake various forms. f ismagle from someiplastic rubbercomposition which printing 4 ember 4 may be a.f

'va'rious' materials, "or, of course, "it; may be) a 3 nitted fabric."Various inembers will produce "manyand-various effects according totheir char- "acteristicathe form of fabric shown being mere-i 7 1y forillustrative purposes.

z 'rhe imprinting member'lyhas a part' of its elements 6 imbedded moreorless in the body 2 and it isvulcanizd to the body 2 so that the y i 3i l :fimprinting membenand the body form arcomnglto the prior art it hasbeen usual practice in; one way toornament paperby means positenriember. It will be appreciated that the elements of such a memberasc4:may be embedded more or less in the body as may be desired so thatmore or less of the fabric will'appear at or more or less above thesurface of body 2.

The body 2 may be secured to aplate such as 9 orto a roll represented by8 so as tomform a printing fabric as the face thereof with the body 2backed up by a rigid support. The vulcanizing of the imprinting fabric 4to the body may j be accomplished in the usual well-known manp-":colorin material when it desiredtto apply a coloredfldesign to thepaper.

Fig. 2 is aside elevational view of a roll em- I detail,

body! 7 more'or less resilient covering having the immaking it possibleto have a wide variety patterns.

Thus, it is possible .to ornament paper with various patterns withoutthe necessity of expensive engraved or etched rolls or plates for theornamenting operation. The body 2 may be secured to its support eitherthe plate or roll by cement or the like.

With the body having the imprintingfabric face on a support such as aplate or roll, the paper is contacted with said fabric under pressure sothat the paper receives an impression accordin to the characteristics ofthe fabric.

Where it is desiredto apply color to the paper, the fabric face or theelements of the fabric are supplied with color and the paper contactedtherewith. For instance, where the imprinting membet is used inassociation with theroll I- have found that the roll such as 8 may beplaced in a roll-stack consisting-of an upper roll II), a color roll I!and an intermediate roll l4. The color roll l2 operates so that itsperiphery at least picks up color in a vat i6 and thisroll I2 deliversthe color to the roll H which is in contact'with the ornamenting roll 8so that the color is applied to the elements constituting the imprintingsurface of the said roll 8.

Sheets or webs may be run between the rolls 8 and iii. For instance, aweb W of paper which is run from a roll 20 through the rolls 8 and I0 isreeled up as in roll 22.' As the paper in web or-sheet form is contactedwith the imprinting member it is ornamented according to the characterof said member which of course may be varied within wide limits.

As I have said heretofore, the fabric member for imprinting the papermay be embedded in the body 2 to any desired extent so that it ispossible to obtain ornamentation which is ratherbold or which may berelatively faint. In the case of a fabric made from relatively heavyyarn or elements, a faint effect may be produced by embedding the fabricdeeply in the body 2. Where a fabric made from relatively small or fineelements is used, these may be laid on the face of the body without anygreat degree of embedding."

It will be appreciated that it is possible to produce many and variouseffects since the imprinting member maytake many and various forms andthat altogether there is produced in an economical manner an efficientimprinting memtions extend above the plane of said yleldable body 2. Anapparatus for ornamenting or finishing paper or the 1ike,'a relativelyrigid roll, a body therearound of relatively yieldable material securedthereto, an imprinting member of fabric secured to the surface of saidbody so as to have portions of theelements of the fabric embeddedtherein and other portions disposed above the plane of the surface ofsaid yleldable body.

3. An apparatus for ornamenting or finishing paper or the like, arelatively rigid roll, a body of relatively yleldable material securedtherearound; an imprinting member of fabric on the face of said bodyhaving some of its elements secured thereto whereby the said body servesas a cushion between said roll and imprinting member, and anotherrelatively rigid roll in coacting relation with the first roll'so that aweb of paper may pass therebetween to be acted upon by said imprintingmember.

4. As a new article of manufacture, a unitary device for working onpaper or the like comprising in combination, a body of relativelyyieldable vulcanizable material, and a surface on said body formed froma pluralityof elements secured to the body by vulcanization so thatcertain portions of certain elements extend above the plane of the body.I r

5. As a new article of manufacture, a unitary device for working onpaperor the like comprising in combination, a body of relatively yieldablevulcanizable material, and a surface on said body formed from aplurality of elements secured to the body by vulcanization so thatcertain portions of certain elements extend above the plane of the body,the said materialof the body being a rubber-like composition. r

"6. As a new article of manufacture, a unitary device for working onpaper or the like comprising in combination, a relatively'rigid rollmember, a removable body member of relatively yieldable vulcanizablematerialextending around the periphery of said roll, and adesign-imparting member formed from a plurality of spaced-apart fabricelements secured to the outside of said body member by vulcanization sothat portions of some at least of said elements embedded in thevulcanizable material and other portions of some at least of saidelements extending above the plane of the body member.

JAMES SPEED.

